Started on Sep 19, 2026.
Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Burning near Buntok, Indonesia, an active wildfire has expanded to 500 ha (1,236 acres) since it started on 2026-09-18. Over its two days of burning, the fire has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 250 ha/day.
Satellites are picking up an intense heat signature at the front, supported by 84 heat detections clustered nearby over the past 48 hours to indicate how far the fire has spread.
This incident unfolds during the dry season, contributing to a broader national total of 4,359,036 hectares burned so far in 2026, which sits 22% above the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Indonesia for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 530 ha (1,310 acres) — about 5.3 km².
Close to the tropics, fires tend to follow the dry season and are often linked to land-clearing rather than a single summer peak.
The bigger picture in Indonesia
Across Indonesia, roughly 4,359,036 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 22% above the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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